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Sad thing is that he is completely right, prayers and sad anecdotes about tightening up gun laws but nothing will be done by the same sycophants spewing out the same regrets after every mass shooting.
Just another day in America folks!
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Nice one @gmarkj. Both comedians, though they joke are also getting across an important message 'guns kill'. Yes people pull the trigger but guns kill.
And as I've said nothing will change in America until Americans lose the 'right to bear arms' mentality. What the 2nd Amendment meant back in the 18th century is totally irrelevant today. America is not at war with the British, the west is no longer wild nor are 'Indians' on the warpath'. So why do you need a gun for protection. Americans are more likely to kill a member of their own family or themselves than an intruder. Sheer madness. It may surprise you to know as an American I've never owned or fired a gun and I'm very proud of that fact!
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Good for you @Glory1 but it would seem you are part of a growing trend of people against guns.
Apparantly there are approximately 90-100 guns per 100 people in America, almost one gun per person. Howver it is estimated that 3% of the population own 50% of the weapons.
Around a third of Americans have never fired a gun though there is at least one firearm per family.
Incidents of mass shootings are inevitable when people are offended by the slightest unintentional slur be it on social media sites or on campus
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@jonsie I've always been anti-guns as I know the damage they can do and the lives they can ruin. We didn't have the mass shootings of today when I was growing up in New York but there were still enough gun deaths reported to put me off guns for life.
And, of course, we didn't have social media back then with trolls spreading their vitriol for amusement. The statistics you quote are frightening and make me doubly glad I live here.
And, yes, @gmarkj I agree with the points Jim made about the 2nd Amendment and its ludicrousness in the modern world. Exactly my point made above. Shame the NRA can't see that, though. If they had their way every American would own at least one gun. And I have to ask these idiots, who needs an assault rifle for God's sake. And exactly who do those with them need protection from? Truly frightening.
And, of course, we didn't have social media back then with trolls spreading their vitriol for amusement. The statistics you quote are frightening and make me doubly glad I live here.
And, yes, @gmarkj I agree with the points Jim made about the 2nd Amendment and its ludicrousness in the modern world. Exactly my point made above. Shame the NRA can't see that, though. If they had their way every American would own at least one gun. And I have to ask these idiots, who needs an assault rifle for God's sake. And exactly who do those with them need protection from? Truly frightening.
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@Glory1 wrote:Nice one @gmarkj. Both comedians, though they joke are also getting across an important message 'guns kill'. Yes people pull the trigger but guns kill.
And as I've said nothing will change in America until Americans lose the 'right to bear arms' mentality. What the 2nd Amendment meant back in the 18th century is totally irrelevant today. America is not at war with the British, the west is no longer wild nor are 'Indians' on the warpath'. So why do you need a gun for protection. Americans are more likely to kill a member of their own family or themselves than an intruder. Sheer madness. It may surprise you to know as an American I've never owned or fired a gun and I'm very proud of that fact!
As someone who was born in the US @Glory1 (as was @Bambino) you both will know more than any of us armchair critics about the American Constitution, the 2nd Amendment and the Bill Of Rights....So I commend you both for your posts and input into this thread.
A special shout out to @gmarkj for providing the videos. I hadn't seen them. Very interesting viewing..
Personally I despair of it all. I can't see an end in sight.
